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JAKARTA: Marking its expansion into Asia, beIN SPORT is partnering with MP & Silva to roll out three new HD sports channels in Indonesia delivering Barclays Premier League coverage as well as other events. As of July 1, beIN SPORT 1 HD, beIN SPORT 2 HD and beIN SPORT 3 Premier ...

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MUMBAI: Sunil Joshi has been upped to head of distribution for BBC Global News in South Asia, while Stanley Fernandes has joined the team to handle BBC Worldwide program sales in the region. The appointments were announced by Myleeta Aga, BBC Worldwide’s senior VP and general manager for India and content head for ...

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SINGAPORE: Free-to-air broadcaster MediaCorp has shored up the rights to all matches for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the international soccer competition that kicks off in Brazil next weekend. In addition to coverage on its Channel 5, HD5 and Channel 8 networks, MediaCorp will deliver all 16 games, live and ...

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MUMBAI: BIG RTL Thrill, the entertainment channel operated in India as a joint venture of Reliance Broadcast Network and RTL Group, will add an English-language feed alongside its Hindi-language feed this week. Beginning June 12, the channel, which targets men aged 15 to 44, with have dual Hindi and English feeds in key ...

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HONG KONG: Michael Dick, the head of acquisitions at FOX International Channels (FIC) in the Asia Pacific, didn’t see many breakout hits among the new crop of shows unveiled by the Hollywood studios, but did spot "more solid mid-range shows than in recent years that could work both domestically and internationally." Dick ...

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NEW YORK/CHENGDU: Time Warner has formed a strategic investment partnership with China Media Capital (CMC), the investment fund founded by former Shanghai Media Group chief Ruigang Li. The alliance was announced at the 2013 Fortune Global Forum, currently taking place in the Chinese city of Chengdu. The partnership will look for ...

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NEW YORK: PwC’s latest entertainment and media outlook reveals that Indonesia will be the fastest-growing market in terms of TV subscription spending, followed by Vietnam and Thailand. From 2013 to 2017, TV subscription revenues in Indonesia are expected to deliver a 21-percent compound annual growth rate to reach $1.7 billion. ...

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LONDON/MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan has signed on to star in a new drama for Sony Entertainment Television India that is being co-produced by Endemol India and the Bollywood star’s own company, Saraswati Creations. The idea for the as yet untitled show came from Endemol India, with a script that is being ...

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SINGAPORE: Former Eurosport executive Arjan Hoekstra has been tapped as the new president and managing director of Discovery Networks Asia Pacific, succeeding Tom Keaveny, who has taken up a new role with Discovery Networks International (DNI) out of the London office. Hoekstra’s appointment is effective September 1, reporting to Mark ...

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SINGAPORE: Joy Olby-Tan, VP of network acquisitions at Singaporean free-to-air broadcaster MediaCorp’s Channel 5, found that the new dramas and comedies presented by the Hollywood studios were less U.S.-centric and more internationally appealing than those offered in previous years. "The number of pilots this year was refreshingly copious," Olby-Tan tells ...

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